What I love about writing science fiction and fantasy

I pretty much love everything about writing speculative fiction. But the thing that makes it especially a thrill for me is the fact that you get to make up stories that try to make sense of the world on a grand scale, but you’re also writing about the small, messy, dirty business of people trying to make their way in the world. It’s the grand epic questions about what we’re doing in the universe, and whether we can survive our own cleverness, and the fate of the human race. But also, it’s the small, private, intense, weird stuff that we tiny humans deal with as we’re trapped inside our miniature shells of existence and perception. I love getting to combine those two perspectives, even though it drives me nuts sometimes.

Image by Chris Buzelli.